خوخ

Meaning

  1. (collective) a fruit of the genus Prunus (plum, peach, apricot, cherry); often one sort in particular, but with regional differences
  2. (collective) a fruit of the genus Prunus (plum, peach, apricot, cherry); often one sort in particular, but with regional differences

Frequency

35k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/xawx/
Etymology

From Aramaic חוֹחַא (ḥōḥā, “thornbush”), likely originally referring to the Prunus spinosa variety, commonly known as blackthorn; cognates with Classical Syriac ܚܘܚܐ (ḥōḥā, “thornbush”), and Hebrew חוֹחַ (ḥōaḥ, “thornbush”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חָחָא / חָאחָא (ḥaḥḥā, “plum”), Classical Syriac ܚܲܚܵܐ (ḥaḥḥā, “plum”). Possibly an ancient Turkic borrowing, belonging to the family of Azerbaijani göyəm (“sloe”) (see there for more Turkic).

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